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Human Ecology of Beringia
John F. Hoffecker
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Description for Human Ecology of Beringia
Hardback. Humans first occupied Beringia during a twilight period when rising sea levels had not yet caught up with warming climates. This volume synthesizes research on the archaeological sites and changing climates and biota of the period. It also traces the evolving adaptations of early humans to the cold environments of northern Eurasia. Num Pages: 304 pages, 79 figures, 11 tables, and 7 text boxes. BIC Classification: HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Twenty-five thousand years ago, sea level fell more than 400 feet below its present position as a consequence of the growth of immense ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. A dry plain stretching 1,000 miles from the Arctic Ocean to the Aleutians became exposed between northeast Asia and Alaska, and across that plain, most likely, walked the first people of the New World. This book describes what is known about these people and the now partly submerged land, named Beringia, which they settled during the final millennia of the Ice Age. Humans first occupied Beringia during a twilight period ... Read more
Twenty-five thousand years ago, sea level fell more than 400 feet below its present position as a consequence of the growth of immense ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. A dry plain stretching 1,000 miles from the Arctic Ocean to the Aleutians became exposed between northeast Asia and Alaska, and across that plain, most likely, walked the first people of the New World. This book describes what is known about these people and the now partly submerged land, named Beringia, which they settled during the final millennia of the Ice Age. Humans first occupied Beringia during a twilight period ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231130608
SKU
V9780231130608
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About John F. Hoffecker
John F. Hoffecker is a fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has conducted field research in Alaska and Russia. He is the author of A Prehistory of the North: Human Settlement of the Higher Latitudes, and in 2005 he received an ... Read more
Reviews for Human Ecology of Beringia
This excellent summary and evaluation... should serve as the baseline of interpretation for many years to come... Highly recommended. Choice A concise and readable account of the environmental setting and peopling of the far northern reached of the two continents
Becky M. Saleeby Ecology Thorough and thought-provoking... a must-have reference.
Kelly E. Graf Journal of Anthropological Research An ... Read more
Becky M. Saleeby Ecology Thorough and thought-provoking... a must-have reference.
Kelly E. Graf Journal of Anthropological Research An ... Read more